Delhi court grants interim bail to couple accused of racially discriminating against three women from the North-East

A bench of justice Girish Kathpalia passed an order saying that he found no justification to deprive the man identified as Vikas Kumar, of his liberty, particularly with the prosecution’s “strange claim” that the victim spent more than ₹80 lakh to obtain a refund of ₹5 lakh.

“Considering the overall circumstances, especially the prosecution’s strange claim that to obtain a refund of ₹5 lakh, the complainant spent more than ₹80 lakh, I find no reason to further deprive the accused/applicant of liberty. Therefore the bail application is allowed,” the order stated.

The order was passed while dealing with Kumar’s petition seeking bail in a case registered in 2017 under sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Kumar was represented by advocates Aman Singh Bakshi and Shreesh Chadha.